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Meta-analysis study says more than half of parents do not recognize that their child is overweight

In the idyllic town of Lake Wobegon, all the children are above average.

5 Feb 2014

Study analyzing concussion data for NFL players may provide insight that could lead to safer play

A new study analyzing concussion data for NFL players during the16-game regular season schedules for 2012 and 2013 may provide insight that could lead to safer play, including a pathway for concussion-prevention strategies.

4 Feb 2014

Efforts to reduce sudden unexpected infant death and prematurity can help close the gap

Researchers consider infant mortality to be a key indicator of population health. Currently, the United States ranks 27th among industrialized nations in infant mortality, but rates within the U.S. vary significantly by race, socioeconomic status, and geography.

4 Feb 2014

Consumption of added sugar associated with increased risk for death from CVD

Many U.S. adults consume more added sugar (added in processing or preparing of foods, not naturally occurring as in fruits and fruit juices) than expert panels recommend for a healthy diet, and consumption of added sugar was associated with increased risk for death from cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.

4 Feb 2014

Kentucky, Georgia offer insights to health law realities

The Washington Post and Kaiser Health News examine how the overhaul is working on the ground in specific locations.

4 Feb 2014

Obesity in pregnancy is independent risk factor for long-term cardiovascular morbidity

In a study to be presented on Feb. 7 at 2:45 p.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting-, in New Orleans, researchers will report that obesity during pregnancy is an independent risk factor for long-term cardiovascular morbidity, and these complications tend to occur at a younger age.

4 Feb 2014

High sodium intake correlates with fatness and inflammation in adolescents

Most adolescents consume as much salt as adults - some more than twice the recommended daily allowance - and that high sodium intake correlates with fatness and inflammation regardless of how many calories they consume, researchers report.

3 Feb 2014

First Edition: February 3, 2014

Today's headlines include a range of stories about how the health law is working in different locations across the country.

3 Feb 2014

Controlling fast food consumption could reverse epidemic of obesity

Governments could slow - and even reverse - the growing epidemic of obesity by taking measures to counter fast food consumption, according to a study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization today.

3 Feb 2014

Researchers find liver tumors in mice exposed to BPA during gestation and nursing

In one of the first studies to show a significant association between BPA and cancer development, University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers have found liver tumors in mice exposed to the chemical via their mothers during gestation and nursing.

3 Feb 2014

Researchers find no benefit in replacing fructose with glucose

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have found there is no benefit in replacing fructose, the sugar most commonly blamed for obesity, with glucose in commercially prepared foods.

31 Jan 2014

Patients undergone bariatric surgery may need to pay closer attention to nutritional intake

Patients who have had bariatric surgery may need to take dietary supplements and pay closer attention to their nutritional intake, a UT Southwestern Medical Center study suggests.

31 Jan 2014

Depression in childhood may increase risk of heart problems later in life

Children with depression are more likely to be obese, smoke and be inactive, and can show the effects of heart disease as early as their teen years, according to a newly published study by University of South Florida Associate Professor of Psychology Jonathan Rottenberg.

30 Jan 2014

Overweight kindergarten kids may become obese teenagers

The risk of children growing up into obese teenagers may be influenced by whether or not they were overweight as early on as 5 years old, report U.S. researchers.

30 Jan 2014

Singapore to become a major hub in Asia for food and nutrition research

The Clinical Nutrition Research Centre - a $20 million joint-venture by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research and National University Health Systems - is the most comprehensive centre in Asia that will conduct nutritional studies to understand the causes of metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity, and develop products and formulate diets that can reduce the risks of these diseases. CNRC will also conduct studies in research areas such as nutrition in women, children and the elderly, and body weight control.

30 Jan 2014

New insight into mammalian circadian rhythms could lead to therapies for metabolic disorders

We've all heard about circadian rhythm, the roughly 24-hour oscillations of biological processes that occur in many living organisms. Yet for all its influence in many aspects of our lives - from sleep to immunity and, particularly, metabolism - relatively little is understood about the mammalian circadian rhythm and the interlocking processes that comprise this complex biological clock.

30 Jan 2014

Johns Hopkins researchers discover epilepsy drug reduces obesity-related blood sugar levels

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that valproic acid, a widely prescribed drug for treating epilepsy, has the additional benefits of reducing fat accumulation in the liver and lowering blood sugar levels in the blood of obese mice.

30 Jan 2014

Adolescents who eat poor breakfasts display higher incidence of metabolic syndrome 27 years later

It is often said that breakfast is important for our health and a study conducted by Umeå University in Sweden, published in Public Health Nutrition supports this claim.

29 Jan 2014

Waist circumference measurements help to detect children and adolescents with cardiometabolic risk

A study led by researchers from IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) and published in the journal Plos One concludes that including waist circumference measurements in clinical practice, together with the traditional height and weight measurements, would make it easier to detect children and adolescents with cardiometabolic risk, i.e. those with a higher predisposition to suffer from arteriosclerosis or type 2 diabetes.

29 Jan 2014

Study suggest that unique environmental stimulus may interact with genetic trait to initiate type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is a genetically-driven autoimmune disease of pancreatic beta-cells, whose origins remain unknown. Researchers at the Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) discovered that skin cells from patients with type 1 diabetes display abnormal activity triggered by immune response mechanisms to environmental stimuli like a viral infection.

29 Jan 2014

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Latest Obesity News and Research

Meta-analysis study says more than half of parents do not recognize that their child is overweight

Study analyzing concussion data for NFL players may provide insight that could lead to safer play

Efforts to reduce sudden unexpected infant death and prematurity can help close the gap

Consumption of added sugar associated with increased risk for death from CVD

Kentucky, Georgia offer insights to health law realities

Obesity in pregnancy is independent risk factor for long-term cardiovascular morbidity

High sodium intake correlates with fatness and inflammation in adolescents

First Edition: February 3, 2014

Controlling fast food consumption could reverse epidemic of obesity

Researchers find liver tumors in mice exposed to BPA during gestation and nursing

Researchers find no benefit in replacing fructose with glucose

Patients undergone bariatric surgery may need to pay closer attention to nutritional intake

Depression in childhood may increase risk of heart problems later in life

Overweight kindergarten kids may become obese teenagers

Singapore to become a major hub in Asia for food and nutrition research

New insight into mammalian circadian rhythms could lead to therapies for metabolic disorders

Johns Hopkins researchers discover epilepsy drug reduces obesity-related blood sugar levels

Adolescents who eat poor breakfasts display higher incidence of metabolic syndrome 27 years later

Waist circumference measurements help to detect children and adolescents with cardiometabolic risk

Study suggest that unique environmental stimulus may interact with genetic trait to initiate type 1 diabetes

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